Tomorrow (Friday 14 December) Royal Ballet Principal Character Artist Gary Avis will be joining us for a live Q&A via Twitter at 1pm.

What we’ll be asking him is up to you, so send us your questions via the comments area below or on Twitter using the hashtag #AskGaryAvis. You might want to ask him about how he prepares for performing in front of thousands during a Cinema Season relay, or what his most challenging role has been to date.

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actually, i just finished the munich (bayerirsches staatsballet) nutcracker and it was absolutely fantastic!
wonder if you are familiar with it? the role of drosselmeyer is greatly expanded - he's very much the primo. was danced by tigran mikayelyan and he was spectacular. i do love the traditional roh production also. as a royal ballet dancer do you enjoy these alternative "takes" ? do you have a favorite "character" role?

We just arrived home under the rain in Marseille: two children, both dancers, and a single mother. All enthusiastic after the most beautiful Nutcracker we ever saw. It didn't matter that we had a flat tyre and had to walk home under the rain. We have only one question for Mr. Avis - Mr. Drosselmeyer: Can he tell us more about the magic of the show?

Yesterday evening I was with my mother in my cinema (Pau - Southern Pyrenees) attending "The Nutcraker" - How wonderful it was ! I had seen "La fille du Régiment" a couple of weeks before.
We've really loved it - so many talented persons on a stage ! unbelievable ! Even in French I can't find words to express what we've been feeling.
Thank you so much to you all, on the stage and behind the curtain. Martine Carreras